Perfume-vending machine



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This invention relates to perfume vending machines and contemplates the provision of simple and efficient coin-controlled mechanism capable of economical manufacture in I large quantities.

It will be understood that such machines maybe widely distributed, particularly in cities, and that a purchaser is thereby enabled to, obtain the scenting desired conveniently at insignificant expense and at any time. j V

The various objects of my invention will be clear from the description which follows, and from the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front View of my improved machine, showing the operating handle and the disposition of the mirror, coin slot, and glass panel thereof.

Fig. 2 is a vertical line 2-2 of Fig. l. I

Fig. 3 is a rear View of my improved machine, the back having been removed to show the interior mechanism.

Fig. 4: is a horizontal section of the same,

section taken on the taken on the line 4.-& of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a similar section, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a side View similar to Fig. 2, showing the released position of the locking mechanism.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of the same, showing the positions assumed by the parts during the perfume discharging stroke.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the perfume con-- .tainer and atomizing device, and r Fig. 9 is a horizontal section of the same taken on the line 99 of Fig. 8.

In that practical embodiment of my in vention which I have illustrated by way of 'example,the casinglO may be in the form of a box having a removable back. In'the front face 11 of said casing, I prefer to secure a mirror12 for ObVlO'LlSPlllPOSQS. The

lass panel 13 is also inserted into said front ace 11 so that the purchaser may View the contents of the perfume container 14, which is arranged in the interior of the casing, and

. thereby be advised if the container is empty.

An opening as 15 is'made in thefront face of the casing into which the atomizer nozzle 1929. Serial No. 374,042.

16 isinserted, so that a spray of perfume may be discharged through said opening on the operation of the machine. 1

For the purpose of allowing the insertion of an operating coin into the machine, the coin chute 17 terminates at the front 11 of the casing, passing through'a suitable opening as 19 therein, which opening is surrounded by a coin plate 20 provided with the coin slot 21. For enclosing the mechanism so as to'prevent tampering therewith or with thecoins deposited therein, a suit able removable back as 22 is made for the casing. Said back is provided with a top flange 23 adapted to fit under the top of the casing and provided with ,a perforated lug 24 adapted to pass through a suitable slot as 25 inthe top of the casing.

aperture 27 of thelug 24 serves to secure and lock said back in place. The side flanges 28 of the back engage the sides ofthe casing while the lowermost flange 29 engages the undermost face of the bottom of said casing. Suitable pins as 30 upstanding from the bottom flange pass through perforations as 31in the bottom of the casing and serveto secure the lowermost portionof the back in place against removal, unless the lock 26 is first removed. 2

s My improved machine consists mainly of means for producing air pressure which serves to eject a spray of'atomized perfume from the perfume container, in connection with means for operating the air pressure producing means. Said operating means is further normally prevented from movement by mechanism adapted to be released when a coin is inserted into the coinslot 21 and drops down the chute 17 .As illustrated, the air pressure producing means consists of a bellows 32 having a stationary arm 33 which is secured to the frame 34 as by. means of V f the screws 35. The movable member 36 of the bellows is connected by a suitablehinge as 37 to the stationary member. A flexible bellows member 38 is suitably secured to the arms 36 and 38,:Whereby movement of said member I or arm '36 ejects a blast of air. I

through the preferably flexible bellows pipe.

, cient height to allow the curved end 61 of 39 which communicates with the interior of said bellows.

The other end of said pipe 39 communicates with the atomizer 40, of more or less usual construction, which is inserted into the perfume container 14, whereby a spray of perfume may be ejected from the nozzle 16 on each complete stroke of the bellow-s. For operating the bellows to produce a spray of perfume, an operating member 41 preferably in the form of a crank,is pivoted as at43 to a suitable bracket as 42 upstanding from the bottom of the casing. Saidcrank terminates in a transverse handle portion 44 by means of which the crank may be readily manipulated. A link as 45 is pivot-ed to the crank as by the pin 46 and to the bar 47 as by means of the pin 48, the end of the link entering a'suitable slot as 50 at the. lower end of the bar 47. Said bar 47 is suitably secured to the movable bellows member 36 as by means of a suitable clamp 49 so that as the handle 44 of the crank is depressed, the link 45 is pulled forwardly as is the bar 47 and the bellows is operated. a

The crank 41, however, is normally prevented from; being depressed by suitable coin-controlled ratchet mechanism, it being understood that said crank 41 is normally held in its uppermost position, thereby holding the bellows in its extended position, by means of the spring 51 coiled about the shaft 43 and having one end 52 resting against the bottom of the casing and the other end 53 engaging the crank (Fig. 3).

The coin-controlled and locking mechanism, which will now be described, consists ofthe chute 17, the lockin lever 54, the rack 55 cooperating therewit and the cam plate. 56 for insuring the locking of the mechanism after the spray of perfume has been sold. The lower end of the coin chute 17 is supported by means of a suitable extension 57 projecting from the frame 34 and secured to said chute as at 58, and to the rack 55 as at 59. Said chute is provided with an opening 60 in the front thereof, of less width than that of the chute, and of sulfithe lever 54 to operatively swing therein. A'portion 63 of the side flanges 62 of the chute is bent forwardly toward. the front of the chute adjacent the opening 60 so as to properly position the coin to'operate the lever end 61, while the flanges 62 at the lowermost end of the chute are spread apart to allow the coin to fall 'therethrough by gravity into a suitable coin receptacle 70.

The locking lever 54 is pivoted upon the.

pin48, being passed through the slot 64 at the lower end of the bar 47. The front portion of said lever is made substantially heavier than the rear. part thereof so that in its normal position, the end-61 of said lever passes through-the opening 60'and'is maintained in its uppermost position. The front end of said lever, however, is thereby maintained in its lowermost position. The pawl 65, which is normally arranged slightly rearwardly of the rear tooth of the rack 55, and in which the front end of the lever 54 terminates, rests on the flat untoothed edge of said rack. A side cam projection 66 extends from the side of the front portion of the lever 54 and is arranged to engage and to ride over the top of the cam plate 56 when the coin depresses the front end 61 of said lever, and the crank 41 is operated.

For maintaining said lever 54 in its released position into which it may be moved by the weight of a coin depressing the front end 61 thereof, the projection 66 is first raised to a level above the cam plate 56, and then is brought forwardly to engage the cam plate 56 when the movement of the crank is begun and is maintained by said cam plate in its uppermost position until the crank 41 has made its full stroke. Said cam plate 56 is provided with a series of cams .67 separated by slots 68 therebetween, and is secured to the frame 34 as at 69, in a position above the rack 55. It will be seen that the cam projection 66 is designed to fall through the slots 68 between the cams 67, should the crank 41 be moved forwardly for only part of its stroke and then released; but that if the crank 41 is not released for rearward movement, the projection 66 rests on the uppermost cam surfaces and cannot fall down between the slots 67, whereby the purchaser obtains the benefit of the full stroke of the crank.

The operation of my improved machine is as follows:

A coin having been inserted into the coin slot 21, said coinfalls down the chute 17 and engages the end 61 of the lever 54, depressing said lever and raising the pawl 6511p from the rack and thereby raising the projection 66 above the cam plate. The crank 44 is thereby released for operation, since the pawl of the lever 54 has been freed of the rack.

As the handle 44 of said crank is pulled forwardly against the action of the spring 51, the leverend 61 is withdrawn forwardly through the opening 60, thereby withdrawing the support from the coin 71 which thereupon falls into the receptacle 7 O and out of the chute. At the same time, the projection 66 rides upon the top of the cam plate 56, bridging the slots 68 unless the crank is released. If so released, the pawl falls down with the lever, and engages the rack teeth, so as to lock the machine.

Normally, the projection 66 rides upon the cam plate until the crank has been given its full stroke manually. As the crank is pulled forwardly, the link 45 and therethrough the bar 47 and the movable bellows member 36 are drawn forwardly, thereby compressing the bellows, injecting a blast of air into the atomizer 40, and causing a spray of perfume to issue from the atomizer nozzle 16.

It will be seen that I have provided a simple and efficient machine for vending perfume in small quantities, and that the machine is well adapted to meet the severe requirements of practical use. 7

It will further be understood that while I have shown and described a specific embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, but intend to claim my invention as broadly as may be permitted by the state of the prior art and-the terms of the appended claims.

I claim: 7

1. In a coin-controlled perfume vending machine, a manually operable crank, means for connecting the crank to a dispensing mechanism, and coin-controlled locking means normally preventing operation of said crank comprising a movable pivot on the dispensing mechanism, a locking lever on said pivot, means for operatively connecting the crank to the pivot for moving said pivot, means arranged in the path of the lever for preventing movement of the pivot until the lever is released by a coin, and means for maintaining the lever out of engagement with'the lever movementpreventing means during movement in one direction after said lever has been released.

2. In a coin-controlled perfume vending machine, a manually operable crank for operating a dispensing mechanism, and coin-controlled means for normally locking the crank against operation and for releasing said crank for a predetermined manual movement in one direction on the insertion of a coin into the machine comprising a coin chute having an opening therein, a locking lever pivotally mounted on the dispensing mechanism and movable therewith and hav ing one end thereof normally inserted into said chute through the opening and adapted c to be swung about its pivot into unlocking position by a coin deposited in the chute,

. ly prevent operation of the crank, means for operatively connecting the crank to the lever for removing the lever from the chute after the lever has been swung by a coin, and meansrfor supporting the pawl out of engagement with the rack on movement of the crank in dispensing direction. 3. Ina coin-controlled perfume vending machine, a locking lever terminating in a pawl at one end'and' depressible at its other end by a coin inserted into, said machine and secured to a dispensing mechanism to operate the mechanism on the movement of the lever in a given direction a rack preventing movement of said pawl and said lever in the normalposition thereof, and a cam plate "for maintaining'said pawl outofem gagement with said rack forpositioning the lever for free movement in the dispensing direction on the insertion of a coin intojthe machine.

4. In a coin-controlled perfume vending machine, a manuallyoperable member for 7 actuating a dispensing mechanism, a coin chute having an opening therein, a locking lever passed through said opening into the chute and adapted to-be rotated into releasing position on the insertion of a coin into said chute, means for operatively connecting the lever to the member, and means cooperating with said lever for normally preventing operation of said manually operable member and for releasing said member on the insertion of a coin intothe chute comprising a rack interposed in the path 0130116 end of the lever and a plate engaging said end of the lever and maintaining said end out of engagement with the rack on movement of the manually operable member in dispensing direction after the lever. has bee rotated into releasing position.

5. In a perfume vending machine, a manually operable crank, means for normally locking said crank against operative movement, comprising a weighted leverhaving one end normally'interposed in the path of the coin and adapted to be released by the "coin to allow operation of said crank, means for operatively connecting the lever and the crank, means interposed inthe path of the other end of the lever for normally perventing movement thereof until released by a coin, means for maintaining the lever in released position during continuous movement of the crank in its operative direction and means for dropping the lever into locking position ,on'the reversal of said movement of the crank. v

6. In a coin-controlled mechanism, a manually operable crank operatively connected to a dispensing mechanism, means for normally locking said crank against operative movement comprising a rack, a lever having a weighted end and having its other end normally interposed in the path of the coin, the weighted end normally engaging the rack and adapted to be disengaged from the rack by the weight of a coin on the other end, and means for maintaining the locking lever in released position during the dispensing movement of the crank and forreturning the locking lever to locking position upon the movement of the manually operable crank in non-dispensing direction, comprising a cam on the locking lever, a stationary apertured cam plate over which the cam rides in one direction and through'the apertures of which p which the cam rides in one direction and the cam falls when moving in the other direction.

7. In a coin-controlled vending mechanism, means for locking the mechanism comprising'a locking lever, a pawl near one end of the locking lever, and a rack normally engaging the'pawl, means for releasing said locking mechanism comprising a coin chute having an opening therein through which one end of the locking lever is swingably inserted, means for releasing the coin and for operating the mechanism comprising a manually operable member connected to the looking lever to remove the loclu'ng lever bodily out of the coin chute to release the coin, and means for maintaining the locking lever in released vposition during movement in one direction and for returning it to locking position during movement in the other direction comprisin a cam on the locking lever, an apertured cam plate over through the apertures of which it falls when moving in the other direction, whereby the pawl is moved into engagement with the rack.

8. In a coin-controlled vending mechanism, a movable operating member, means releasable by a coin for normally locking said member, an apertured cam plate for maintaining the locking means in released position during continuous movement of the operating member in its operative direction, and for dropping the locking means through the apertures thereof on the reversal of said movement.

SALVATORE SCHIANO. 

